The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut — System Requirements, FPS Estimate & Settings
2008 · Action, RPG · CD PROJEKT RED · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 86
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG, retrieved 2026-08-21. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | — |
| Processor | Supported OS: Microsoft® Windows® /XP/Vista | — |
| Memory | DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included) or higher | — |
| Graphics | Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon 64 +2800 (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 +3000 recommended). Athlon XP series, such as the Athlon XP +2400, is not supported | — |
| Storage | Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 or better (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX or ATI Radeon X1950 XT or better recommended) | — |
| DirectX | Memory: 1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM recommended) | — |
| Item 7 | Sound: DirectX version 9.0c-compatible sound card | — |
| Item 8 | Hard Drive: 15 GB Free | — |
Multi-GPU FPS estimate
Estimated average FPS by GPU at 1080p / 1440p / 4K, derived from The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut's demand tier (tier 7, Demanding (high-end GPU)) and published TechPowerUp-style relative-performance indices (RTX 4090 = 100), retrieved 2026-08-29. Planning estimates, not benchmarks.
| GPU | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 85 | 56 | 32 |
| RTX 4080 Super | 77 | 51 | 29 |
| RTX 4080 | 74 | 49 | 28 |
| RX 7900 XTX | 82 | 54 | 31 |
| RX 7900 XT | 77 | 51 | 29 |
| RTX 4070 Ti Super | 65 | 43 | 25 |
| RX 7800 XT | 65 | 43 | 25 |
| RTX 4070 Super | 62 | 41 | 23 |
| RTX 4070 | 58 | 38 | 22 |
| RX 7700 XT | 59 | 39 | 23 |
| RTX 3070 | 54 | 35 | 20 |
| RX 6800 XT | 65 | 43 | 25 |
| RTX 4060 Ti | 47 | 31 | 18 |
| RX 6700 XT | 58 | 38 | 22 |
| RTX 3060 | 43 | 29 | 16 |
| RX 6600 XT | 49 | 32 | 19 |
| RTX 2060 | 39 | 26 | 15 |
| GTX 1660 Super | 32 | 21 | 12 |
| RX 580 | 38 | 25 | 14 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | 31 | 20 | 12 |
| GTX 1650 | 24 | 16 | 9 |
| Intel Arc A770 | 50 | 33 | 19 |
| UHD 770 (integrated) | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Method: a game's demand tier maps to a “GPU index needed for ~60 FPS at 1080p”; each GPU's relative index produces an estimate via a diminishing-returns curve, then scaled for resolution. Source: TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), 2026-08-29.
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Release & version notes
Official release date: 2008-09-16. Ongoing patches and version history are published by the developer — for the latest patch notes, see the official store or support page. GameFigs summarizes the official release only and does not invent patch dates.
About The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
The Witcher is the very first instalment of the series that follows the story of Geralt from Rivia. Being found unconscious on the battlefield he must retrieve his memory and help the emperor's daughter, Adda to stop her from turning in to a feral monster. Facing the biggest enemy, Salamander, Geralt must also help all the fractions around the world to find peace between each other.
The fighting system is very flexible. Choosing from three different styles, you can adapt Geralt for any kind of a combat situation. Fast style of fighting gives you an opportunity to strike your opponents with your speed. The strong style focuses itself on destroying your enemies with powerful attacks, while sweeping style is very good when facing a number of foes. You can also craft some potions to gain important benefits such as seeing in the dark or having a larger amount HP. Plot style is unique as well. The game never gives a precise definition of evil, which leads the player to convenient situations where the choice is quite bad anyway. Enhanced edition improves every aspect of the game as graphics and the productivity of it, while Director's Cut does the same without censorship for North America's version.
Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- GPU relative-performance indices via TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), retrieved 2026-08-29.
- FPS estimates on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the demand-tier + GPU-index model — not benchmark results.
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